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IXSalaries of Magistrates, Receiver, Clerks, and Officers.

And be it enacted, That instead of the Salaries heretofore payable to the said Magistrates, Clerks, and other Officers of the said Courts, and to the Receiver of the Metropolitan Police District, there shall be payable out of the Monies in the Hands of the Receiver such Salaries as Her Majesty shall direct, the Salary to the Chief Magistrate not being more than Twelve hundred Pounds ; and to each of the other Magistrates not more than Twelve hundred Pounds ; and to the Receiver not more than One thousand Pounds; and to the Chief Clerk in each of the said Courts not more than Five hundred Pounds; and to the Second Clerk in each of the said Courts not more than Three hundred Pounds ; and the Salaries to the other Clerks and Officers employed in the said Courts in due Proportion with regard to their several Stations and the Duties they have to perform; and such Salaries shall be paid quarterly, by equal Portions, on the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, the Fifth Day of July, and the Tenth Day of October in every Year, the first Payment to be made on the Quarter Day next after the passing of this Act; and in case of Vacancy in any of the said Offices at any intermediate Time, the Person making the Vacancy, or his Executors or Administrators, shall be entitled to a proportional Part of his quarterly Salary, according to the Time elapsed between the Vacancy and the last quarterly Payment.